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Anndrea Hermann is an Internationally renowned hemp expert. She graduated from Missouri Southern State    University with a Bachelor of General Studies in Hemp Economics. She acquired an internship with the Parkland Industrial Hemp Growers in the summer of 2001, and in late 2003, she was selected as a Manitoban Provincial Nominee under the Unique Skilled Worker Program as a Hemp Technician.  In Au...

Greg Flavall co-founded Hemp Technologies in Asheville, North Carolina, to build healthy, breathable, energy-saving homes with Hemp/Lime and other non-VOC (or non- Volatile organic compound) materials. After a long career in the construction industry, Greg is actively involved in efforts to reduce, recycle and reuse construction site materials. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands P...

Quawntay “Bosco” Adams spent 16 years in prison due to the United States Government’s drug war. Growing up a product of his environment in Compton, California, the influence of his family, friends, and neighborhood led him to an early life of drug dealing, arrests, and convictions. But all of that is now behind him. Freed from incarceration, he is on a mission to ensure that others growing up in u...

In 1989 Richard DeLisi was sentenced to a 98-year prison term for trafficking cannabis as a victim of America’s scorched earth War on Drugs campaign. Released from prison in December 2020, Richard is believed to be America’s longest-serving American convicted of a cannabis crime. Reunited with his family after spending 31 years incarcerated over a plant, Richard is working to ensure other American...

During the pregnancy of her 5th child, a young Washington mother named Jessamyn Way developed terrible migraine headaches, fainting spells, and blood pressure problems. After the birth of her child, she was sent to a Hospital ER where a CAT scan revealed that she had a brain tumor deep within her skull.  She was told that her prognosis was very grim and that she had a dismal 5-10 percent chance of...

Gregory Wilson is the Founder of Fibonacci, LLC, the only manufacturer of HempWood® internationally. With nearly 20 years in the building industry, Wilson continues to introduce a sustainable hardwood alternative to tree wood. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Vivian welcomes Riley Brain to Hempresent to discuss Riley's business, Wandering Bud. Riley had a background in music education and was feeling unfulfilled in her teaching career, so in 2016 she decided to create her own business offering unique and fashionable cannabis smoking paraphernalia. She wanted a product that could look naturally displayed among her art objects in her home, which is w...

Joy Hollingsworth who recently announced her candidacy for Seattle City Council, is a former American basketball player and coach. She played basketball at the college level for the University of San Francisco and then later at the University of Arizona , and was an assistant coach at Seattle University .  Hollingsworth is now part of her family's marijuana business, and she runs The Hollingsw...

Roman is a Humboldt and Mendocino-California-based artist, with roots in Oregon State and Seattle Wa.  He specializes in visionary art with psychedelic cultural influence and has been involved as a cannabis activist in many ways.  He has used art to communicate his vision of a spiritual mission to uplift vibes. Roman has helped bring forth Tribe13 and the Interdimensional Art Movement as platforms...

Cannabis, the climate change warrior, with Paul von Hartmann.   Paul is an experienced writer with a demonstrated history of working in the environmental services industry. Skilled in photography, commercial diving, activism, piloting, and illustration, Paul is a strong art and design professional with a Bachelor of Arts focused on a Special Major in art wildlife behavior, and journalism, with a M...

John Dvořák has studied cannabis hemp and its prohibition for more than 25 years. John developed the Cannabis Curriculum to encourage research into the beneficial aspects of industrial hemp and medicinal cannabis and the devastating effects of marijuana prohibition.  His Traveling Hemp Museum includes raw materials, artifacts, and finished products made from hemp. He’s written articles for numerou...

The Cannabis Coloring Book by Marie Rae Correa of Kushed Out Fashions is an educational and fun activity book for both grown-ups and kids as it depicts a historical outlook of the cannabis plant alongside the art of The Artist Marie Rae Correa also known by her moniker "Kushed Out". Her artwork tastefully exonerates the cannabis plant with true beauty and a true rendition of what cannabis...

Rick Cusick has one of the most unique professional portfolios in the modern cannabis industry. He has worked on the top tiers of media, commerce, culture, and cannabis activism for 25 years. Best-known for his 18-year tenure at High Times magazine and Hightimes.com from 1998 to 2016, including infamous turns as ad director, co-editor, and associate publisher & spokesperson, Rick has appeared...

David Fenton is the Chairman and founder of Fenton Communications created in 1982 to promote issue-oriented public relations campaigns focusing on the environment, public health, and human rights. He pioneered the use of professional P.R. and advertising techniques by nonprofit public interest groups in the United States and around the world.  Fenton was formerly director of Public Relations at Ro...

In 1982 he became the morning talk show host of WKDA/KDF in Nashville, Tennessee which was the number-one talk show in the mid-south for two years. In 1986 he became a full-time touring comedian, based in San Francisco. In his twenty-six years as a standup comedian, he has appeared on dozens of national TV shows, headlined A-List comedy clubs from coast to coast – Improv, Punchline, Comedy Undergr...

Doug McVay, who joins us today on Hempresent , is an activist, writer, researcher, and speaker with a long history in drug policy reform. He's the editor of Drug Policy Facts and Health Systems Facts and he maintains the Real Reporting family of websites, including Drug Policy Facts, Health Systems Facts, and Real Reporting Foundation. Doug currently produces and hosts a weekly half-hour radio...

Swami Select mindfully cultivates craft cannabis in native Mendocino soil under the full sun, moon, and stars in the heart of Northern California’s famed Emerald Triangle. Co-founders of Swami Select, Nikki Lastreto and Swami Chaitanya each have their own roots deeply planted in cannabis culture, history, and knowledge. Always advocating for their fellow craft cannabis farmers, they both participa...

Washington Bud Company with CEO Shawn DeNae today on Hempresent with Vivian McPeak only on The Cannabis Radio. Shawn DeNae has a determination to defend craft cannabis, business models. Boutique batch products produced by dedicated hands-on ownership are a segment of this new market that often gets pushed aside by the mergers and acquisition crowd. Shawn believes opportunities exist to give this h...

CLEO was formed by two friends passionate about expanding access to clean cannabis products. As the biggest believers in the power of cannabis as wellness, we wanted to create a product line that brings all of the quality and lab-testing of the regulated THC market, while being accessible in states like Texas & Minnesota, where our families and friends live. And so CLEO was born. Whether you’r...

Big Island Genetics master grower Aaron Zeeman a.k.a. “Professor Potgrower” joins us today on Hempresent with Vivian McPeak only on The Cannabis Radio. Aaron has had his gear in High Times twice and has been on the front page of the Hawaii-Tribune Herald for his cannabis creations. The professor brings you some of the best Hawaii has to offer, a “Sativa Believa”, if you have the time, BIG has the...

Marlo Richardson is a black entrepreneur who is making a huge name for herself in California’s cannabis industry. Marlo did not start her career in the cannabis industry. Her successes have abounded in different industries since leaving her previous profession. She has been profitable in real estate, crypto, insurance, production businesses, and more. Her portfolio of experience has led her to bec...

Perfect Blends know everybody’s idea of perfect is different. They believe those differences are perfect. In fact, it’s the differences in cannabis strains and their compounds that - when blended together - deliver a new kind of perfection they're excited about. At Perfect, they simplify the cannabis “buying and trying” experience by intentionally designing unique, premium products that are na...

Eco Growtech With CEO Shawn Piernitzki today on Hempresent with Vivian McPeak only on Cannabis Radio. Shawn has a broad spectrum of experience from residential and commercial construction to his technical training and his experience as an instrumentation technician. Growing up in the Slocan Valley nestled in the heart of the Kootenays, Shawn grew up immersed in the legacy cannabis world. The valle...

Joy Beckerman, Hemp Ace International, has been involved in the hemp movement for over thirty years, and her extraordinary knowledge and passion for this versatile, valuable crop are contagious! Joy is the Principal at Hemp Ace International, a Seattle-based consulting, legal support, and expert witness firm serving the global community; as well as a host of the popular podcast Hemp Barons; and Ad...

John Roulac, Founder of Nutiva, Co-Founder Agroforestry Regeneration Communities. John W. Roulac is the founder and CEO of Nutiva, the world’s leading organic superfoods brand of hemp, coconut, chia, and red palm. Founded in 1999 and dedicated to nourishing people and the planet, Nutiva has been named one of Inc. magazine’s fastest-growing companies in America for seven years in a row. A longtime...